This past week we finished our "Foundations of our Faith - Why I Am a Seventh-day Adventist Christian" sermon series.  Our concluding sermon included the communion service because our final message was how the Seventh-day Adventist church follows Jesus and therefore values service.  I am a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church because of the amazing service so many church members rendered to me throughout my time in SDA schools.  So many servants gave in so many wonderful ways that truly touched my heart to the point I gave my heart to Jesus Christ to be the Lord and Savior of my life.  Those who were serving to help me, connected with me and connected me to Jesus.

Service is a spiritual discipline.  It's easy to think about service and think "Yeah, it's uh-mazing," you know, like we know it's supposed to be great but we don't connect with it on a heart level.  Service, however, like all discipline, reveals it's worth the effort in every way!  There is no more rewarding work than to know we have helped someone and connected them closer to the Lord Jesus Christ.  Galatians 6:8-9 says, "Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.  Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."  In other words, the Bible is telling us God will prove to us that serving others truly is "ah-mazing" because one day soon we will all say, "Aha!" at the incredible harvest that will make everything worthwhile.

May God bless our Meadow Glade Seventh-day Adventist Church family to ever appreciate growing as servants of our Savior Jesus Christ.

- Pastor Michael Brackett